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Attitudes of Peruvian dentist about rubber dam isolation. Design and validation of a scale in COVID-19 times

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  • Bryan Alexis Cossio Alva Universidad Señor de Sipán. Facultad Ciencias de la Salud. Escuela Académica de Estomatología https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-5324
  • Juan Pablo Portocarrero-Mondragón Universidad Señor de Sipán. Chiclayo, Perú.
  • Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma. Hospital General Universitario Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Granma, Cuba.
  • Oscar Javier Mamani-Benito Universidad Peruana Unión. Juliaca, Perú.
  • Renzo Felipe Carranza-Esteban Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.3214

Keywords:

Validation study, Attitude, Dentists, Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results

Abstract

Introduction: Ruber dam isolation is a dental procedure that guarantees the biosafety and the quality of the restorative treatments; however, doesn't exist an appropriate instrument to evaluate on the topic in the Peruvian reality. Aim: To design and to validate a scale for evaluating the attitudes of Peruvian dentist about rubber dam isolation. Materials and Methods: Technology development study. The scale was administered through social networks to 279 dentists (143 females and 136 males) from a non-probabilistic purposive sampling, whose ages ranged between 22 and 67 years. Results: Aiken's V coefficient values were favorable for all items. Exploratory factor analysis indicated the existence of a single factor. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested eliminating items 1 and 7. The reliability of the scale was good and was calculated with Cronbach's α coefficient=0.71. Conclusion: The scale on the attitudes of Peruvian dentist about rubber dam isolation (Act- AA-Cov19) is a brief, valid and reliable measure that can be used for research purposes.

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Posted

11/17/2021

How to Cite

Cossio Alva, B. A., Portocarrero-Mondragón, J. P., Corrales-Reyes, I. E., Mamani-Benito, O. J., & Carranza-Esteban, R. F. (2021). Attitudes of Peruvian dentist about rubber dam isolation. Design and validation of a scale in COVID-19 times. In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.3214

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Health Sciences

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